Woman, 82, who ‘died’ 40 years ago ‘comes back from the dead’ and reveals she survived ‘deadly’ black cobra bite

The elderly lady slipped into a coma when she was bitten by a deadly snake but recovered when her family, who thought she was dead, tossed her in a river

By GUY BIRCHALL

29th December 2016, 8:54 pm

Updated: 30th December 2016, 6:32 pm

AN 82-year-old woman who was believed to have been dead for more than 40 years suddenly reappeared at her daughter's door.

The elderly lady slipped into a coma when she was bitten by a deadly snake but recovered when her family, who thought she was dead, tossed her in a river.

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The woman identified only by the name Vilasa, 82, was thought dead by her family and flung into a river over 40 years ago

The woman identified only by the name Vilasa, who is now 82, said she could no longer remember who she was when she was rescued from the water by fishermen, and she lived away from her family for the next 40 years until her memory suddenly started to return.

Her story began in 1976 when she went to work in the fields outside her home in Inayatpur village in Majahwan town, in northern India's Uttar Pradesh State, The Times of India reports.

But she was tragically bitten by a black Cobra and rushed to a traditional healer in the nearby village.

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But he was unable to help her, and she was pronounced dead after which her body was taken to the Ganga river where the last rites were performed by immersing her apparently lifeless corpse in the water.

Her grief-stricken family then returned home, leaving her body to float off downstream where it was found by local boatmen who realised she was still alive

They took her to a village temple where she regained consciousness with no memory of her previous life and as a result, stayed at the temple.

But recently she started to regain her memory and that allowed her family to be tracked down.

Vilasa's two daughters - Ram Kumari and Munni - told local media of their surprise when they saw her suddenly standing outside their home.

Her eldest daughter Ram Kumari said that the man who had attended her original funeral had heard her story and had realised what had happened.